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Welcome Physics Alumni

I went on to the University of Minnesota to pursue electrical engineering. However, soon after I started taking second year honor classes in physics and math, I changed my major to physics because I was inspired by the developments in solid state physics and its potential impact on the future of electronics – vacuum tubes were out and transistors were in. EE was still all about vacuum tubes and no one was teaching solid state. Sputnik and the race for the moon added to the technology euphoria, of the time.

Visit the department during homecoming or any time. Would you like to tour the building? Contact Julie Murphy.

Take a stroll on the Scholars Walk and look at our contributions to the Wall of Discovery. Featured on the Wall of Discovery are John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, Roberta Humphreys, Ernest Lawrence, Alfred O. Nier, Edward Ney and Phyllis St. Cyr Freier.